Second Grade Supplemental Reading List

Bible Stories and Catholic Stories:

• Illustrated Children’s Bible (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• The Children’s Book of Saints (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• Catholic Stories for Boys and Girls, Volume 2 (available at www.neumannpress.com )
• For The Children, Words of Love and Inspiration from His Holiness Pope John Paul II, Scholastic Press
• Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi, by Tomie dePaola (detailed text, simple illustrations)
• Joan of Arc, by Josephine Poole, illustrated by Angela Barrett
• Once Upon a Time Saints, by Ethel Pochocki with illustrations by Tom Matt (www.stgabriel.com)
• The Christmas Story Book, Neumann Press (available at www.neumannpress.com)

Dictionary:

• The American Heritage First Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)

Anthologies:

• American Cardinal Readers, Book Two (available at www.neumannpress.com).  Book Two contains thirty-eight poems and stories, including the following titles: The Christ Child, by Chesterton; St. Francis and the Wolf, Sisters of St. Joseph; Abraham Lincoln and His Dog; St. Cyril; Blessed Imelda; Singing, Robert L. Stevenson; An Unselfish Man, American Tale; St. Teresa, the Little Flower.
• What Your Second Grader Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
• Listen, My Children: Poems for Second Graders (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
• Read and Learn with Classic Stories, Grade 2 (ISBN: 1-56189-683-7 available at www.teacherspecialty.com)
• The Children’s Book of Heroes, edited by William J. Bennett
• The Oxford Treasury of World Stories, Michael Harrison (available at www.oup.com/us/)

Foreign Languages and Cultures:

• International Children’s Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Children’s Fairy Tales:

• Rainbow Fairy Book (Books of Wonder Classics, available at www.booksofwonder.com)
• Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen, Classic Illustrated Edition (available at www.chroniclebooks.com)
• Household Stories from the Collection of the Brothers Grimm, Lucy Crane (Translator), Dover Publications
• Favorite Fairy Tales – Classic Illustrated Edition (available at www.chroniclebooks.com)
• Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, and the Brothers Grimm
• The Candlewick Book of Fairy Tales, retold by Sarah Hayes (Candlewick Press)

Fairy Tales – Parent References:

• The Classic Fairy Tales, by Iona Archibald Opie and Peter Opie (original versions for parent reference)
• Hans Christian Andersen – The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories, translated by Erik Christian Haugaard
• The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library, James Stern (editor)
• Perrault’s Complete Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics edition)

Book Review Books: Classic Fairy Tale Stories

• The Emperor’s New Clothes, retold and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
• Beauty and the Beast, retold and illustrated by Jan Brett (Clarion Books) or by Charles Lamb
• Hansel and Gretel, by Grimm, retold by Rika Lesser, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Puss in Boots, by Charles Perrault, translated by Malcolm Arthur, illustrated by Fred Marcellino
• Rapunzel, original Grimm story or retelling by Amy Ehrlich, illustrated by Kris Waldherr
• Rumpelstiltskin, original Grimm story or retelling by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Sleeping Beauty, retold and illlustrated by Trina Schart Hyman or Mercer Mayer
• Snow White, translated by Randall Jarrell, illustrated by Nancy E. Burkert
• Cinderella, by Perrault, retold by Marcia Brown
• The Princess and the Pea, by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Dorothee Duntze
• Little Red Riding Hood, retold and illustrated by Trina Schart
• Little Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, retold by Ed Young
• The Blind Men and the Elephant, retold by Karen Backstein
• The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Jerry Pinkney
• The Snow Queen, by Hans Christian Andersen
• The Shoemaker and the Elves, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Book Review Books: Saints

Saint Joseph Picture Books (available at www.setonbooks.com):

• Good Saint Joseph, by Father Lovasik
• Saint Francis of Assisi, by Father Lovasik
• Saint Peter the Apostle, by Father Lovasik
• Saint Paul the Apostle, by Father Lovasik
• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, by Father Lovasik
• Blessed Kateri Tekakiwitha, by Father Lovasik

Along the Paths of the Gospel Saints Series (available at www.pauline.org). Titles include:

• Saint Anthony of Padua: Proclaimer of the Good News
• Saint Colette: In the Footsteps of Saint Francis and Saint Clare
• Saint Francis of Assisi: God’s Gentle Knight
• Saint John Bosco: The Friend of Children and Young People
• Saint Therese of Lisieux: And the “Little Way” of Love
• Saint Vincent de Paul: Servant of Charity
• Saint Angela Merici: Leading People to God
• Saint Catherine Laboure: Mary’s Messenger

Book Review Books: Grade 2 Phonetic Readers

• Bob Books Wow! by Bobby Lynn Maslen(www.scholastic.com)
• Level 5: Application of Short Vowels & Consonants Phonetic Readers (available at www.grades123.com)
• Level 6: Application of Long Vowels & Consonants Phonetic Readers (available at www.grades123.com)
• Primary Phonics storybooks, BK 5 (available at www.epsbooks.com)

Zaner-Bloser Non-Fiction Literacy books: Early Fluent Level

Folktales; Biography, Inventors (www.zaner-bloser.com)

Book Review Books: Dorling Kindersley Level 3 Readers

Heidi; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; Aladdin; Spacebusters; Beastly Tales; Shark Attack; Titanic; Invaders from Outer Space; Movie Magic; Plants Bite Back; Time Traveler; Bermuda Triangle; Tiger Tales; Zeppelin – The Age of the Airship; Spies; Terror on the Amazon: The Quest for El Dorado (Peru in the Year 1541); Spiders’ Secrets; Spies; Zeppelin; The Story of Anne Frank. (www.dk.com) (Photographs and historical facts)

Book Review Books: Dr. Seuss books for established readers

Dr. Seuss books for established readers provide reading practice with phonetic word patterns.  Second Grade level titles include:  A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories; And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street; Oh, The Places You’ll Go; The Lorax; Thudwick, the Big-Hearted Moose; Bartholomew and the Oobleck; The Butter Battle Book; The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins; Horton Hatches the Egg; Horton Hears a Who!; If I Ran the Circus; If I Ran the Zoo; Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (www.seussville.com)

Book Review Books: Classics

• Bedtime for Frances, (and other Frances books), by Russell Hoban
• The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams (complete and unabridged edition)
• Time of Wonder, by Robert McCloskey
• The Trumpet of the Swan, E.B. White
• The Magical Land of Noom, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
• The Story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting (unabridged edition)

Book Review Books: Non-fiction

• A Child’s Book of Art, Lucy Micklethwait, (Dorling Kindersley Publishers) [ISBN: 0-7894-4283-3]
• About Reptiles: A Guide for Children, Cathryn Sill, illustrated by John Sill [ISBN: 1-56145-183-5]

Eyewitness Juniors:

Titles include: Amazing Bats; Amazing Crocodiles & Other Reptiles; Amazing Birds; Amazing Lizards; Amazing Fish; Amazing Monkeys; Amazing Snakes; Amazing Frogs and Toads; Amazing Armored Animals; Amazing Cats; Amazing Mammals; Amazing Spiders; Amazing Wolves, Dogs, and Foxes; Amazing Butterflies and Moths; Amazing Fish; Amazing Poisonous Animals; Amazing Beetles; Amazing Tropical Birds. (Dorling Kindersley Publishers)

Recommended Publishers:

• Barnes and Noble (reasonably priced classic reprints and eBooks) www.barnesandnoble.com
• Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) www.booksofwonder.com (800) 835-4135